Last month, a coalition that includes police officers and prosecutors proposed a state initiative that would end the early release of people such as rapists and child traffickers. This proposed initiative is also looking to expand the number of crimes for which authorities could collect DNA samples from those convicted. The proposed ballot initiative, which […]

The revelation last week from a retired teacher claiming she was punished in the 1990s for repeatedly warning Moraga School District officials that a middle school teacher was acting inappropriately with female students adds fuel to an already-smoking scandal. It also demonstrates that California has much work to do if it is to properly protect […]

Senior LAUSD officials were allegedly aware of parent complaints in 2009 about a Wilmington teacher who was charged in January with abusing children over an extended period of time, say attorneys who represent alleged victims. The latest allegations concern the case of Robert Pimentel, 57, who has been charged with molesting 12 students at De […]

A Catholic priest has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation, according to a press release from the Diocese of Stockton. The Rev. Julio Guarin-Sosa, a visiting priest from Columbia, was arrested on suspicion of sexual battery and molestation of a minor in Yuba City. He is being held in the Sutter County Jail and […]

How many times do we have to go through this before teachers, school administrators, counselors, teachers’ aides and janitors get it? Any suspicion of child abuse must be immediately reported to police or county welfare. This is not optional. Failure to notify is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to six months in county jail and […]

Robert Pimentel, 57, who taught at George de la Torre Jr. Elementary School in Wilmington, was taken into custody by Los Angeles Policy Department detectives, who had launched an investigation in March after several fourth-grade girls said they had been inappropriately touched. Prosecutors filed 15 charges against Pimentel involving a dozen of his alleged victims. […]

The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the Brentwood Unified School District has agreed to pay $950,000 to a Concord family whose 5-year-old special-needs son was hurled to the floor and kicked by his elementary-schoolÂ teacher, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Holder pleaded no contest to charges of misdemeanor child abuse in 2011 and faces four years […]